Olson's Tree » Lora Carlton Babb (1889-1967)

Day of marriage May 26, 1914

• The temperature on May 26, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
  • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Day of death March 23, 1967

• The temperature on March 23, 1967 was between 4.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.
  • March 6 » Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
  • April 14 » Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
  • May 24 » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
  • June 10 » The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (b. 1895)